So let’s be honest. Two of the main reasons this face wash ended up in our collection were (a) We heard a lot about it, and (b) it’s pink! How many pink skincare items do you see out there? Plus, it smells amazing.

Now let’s see what it claims to do. The Neutrogena website reads:

‘NEUTROGENA VISIBLY CLEAR® Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash is an uplifting daily facial cleanser for clearer, fresher and healthier looking skin every day. With powerful MICROCLEAR® technology, the formula cleanses deeply to help eliminate spots and blackheads. The refreshing gel gently purifies the skin without over drying, whilst a wave of pink grapefruit uplifts the senses with a burst of invigorating freshness!’

First Impression

The smell! We fell in love instantly and loved the way it made the skin look. It definitely looked clean. Like really clean. It did dry out the skin a little however it didn’t strip all the moisture away which was good.

It is a refreshing face wash due to the smell, however not nearly as energizing as our Holy Grail, Clean & Clear Morning Burst Skin Brightening Cleanser (read review HERE).

Emptied

Over the weeks:

Pros and Cons?

PROS

  • Smells refreshing

  • Leaves skin feeling and looking really clean

  • Doesn’t strip all moisture away

  • Doesn’t cause breakouts or allergies

CONS

  • Gel like consistency which doesn’t lather up much

  • Doesn’t combat spots immediately, however they do start to dry out in a couple of days

  • Requires double the quantity to remove makeup, we advise using a separate makeup remover first (like our HG Bioderma Sensibio H2O. If you wish to check out a comparison review between the Bioderma and its popular dupe, hop onto our review on it by clicking HERE)

OUR RATING

We wouldn’t say that this face wash completely blew our skins brains away. The colour and fragrance don’t cause any skin allergies and our skin definitely didn’t get any worse. It helps with spots but takes its time. The only thing we would say is that the blackheads story is purely a story. It doesn’t do anything for them. At least not for us.

Would we repurchase? Honestly, probably not.

Our verdict- 5/10.

It smells so good and looks pretty on the bathroom shelf. Now excuse us while we go and take a sniff of it again. Hands up if you wish there was smell-o-vision!